The East Anglian Premier Cricket League have delayed the start of their new season due to the havoc the wet weather has played with pitch and ground preparation.

Several pitches were still under water at the start of the week, and with there being no signs of a prolonged period of drying weather, the league’s management committee have consulting the clubs and come to a decision.

The EAPL season will now commence on Saturday, April 21, and all the games scheduled for Saturday, April 14 will be postponed and played on the last day of the season instead.

As a result, the season has been extended by one week to Saturday, September 15, with the promotion play-off semi-finals the following day, and the final on the weekend of September 22-23.

Those taking part include Cambridge Granta CC, Mildenhall CC and the newly-merged Burwell & Exning CC, who announced that they will be joining forces earlier this year.

Granta finished fourth last year, with Burwell ending the season in eighth and Mildenhall a place behind in ninth.